The Sacred Cow and the Abominable Pig: Riddles of Food and Culture

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Página 3public sector is perceived as having expanded too much since independence
and as being inefficient, and changes in the PDS through the introduction of food
stamps have been announced by the Tamil Nadu state government in the ...

Página 452Short title — These rules may be called the Tamil Nadu Local Bodies (Election of
Members to the District Planning Committee) Rules, 1999. 2. Definition — (1) In
these rules, unless the context otherwise requires: (i) "Act" means the Tamil ...

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Marvin Harris is an American anthropologist who was educated at Columbia University, where he spent much of his professional career. Beginning with studies on race relations, he became the leading proponent of cultural materialism, a scientific approach that seeks the causes of human behavior and culture change in survival requirements. His explanations often reduce to factors such as population growth, resource depletion, and protein availability. A controversial figure, Harris is accused of slighting the role of human consciousness and of underestimating the symbolic worlds that humans create. He writes in a style that is accessible to students and the general public, however, and his books have been used widely as college texts.